A cliff-hanger for the poker history books is in effect tonight after the Super High Roller Bowl Main Event has ended Day 2 with seven players remaining, one of whom will leave without a share in the $10,000,000 prize pool. After a twelve hour day at the tables, none of
Tag: Adrian Mateos
Day 2 Ends with Seven Remaining (Led by Ben Heath), Only Six Will Be Paid
With the conclusion of the sixth 90 minute level of Day 2, play has come to a halt, no matter that we're on the pure bubble in the $250,000 Super High Roller Bowl, Sochi. One of these players will hoist tomorrow's trophy and collect the $3,600,000 up for grabs for
Chip Leader Fight
Ben Heath and Adrian Mateos, in the one-two spots in the chip counts currently, are not afraid to tangle. Heads up on a [7hKs8s] flop, Heath, with [5s7s], check-called a bet from Mateos who had hit top pair with [KhJh]. Both players checked the [Ts] turn. The river paired the
Big Hands Not Getting Paid
Adrian Mateos raised preflop to 45,000 with [As8s]. Christoph Vogelsang in the big blind looked down at [AhAd] and three-bet to 250,000, but Mateos came no further. A short while later Timothy Adams made it 45,000 to go preflop with [JdTc], called by big blind Mikita Badziakouski with the same hand,
Chidwick and Mateos Pick Up Quad Queens Between Them
Adrian Mateos raised preflop to 45,000 with [Qdqd]. Over to Stephen Chidwick, with the same hand - [QcQh], who just flat called. Big blind Sam Greenwood came along with [Kd9d]. Flop: [TdTs7s]. Mateos check-called a bet from Chidwick of 40,000 (Greenwood folding). The turn slowed everything down a little, both players
Chidwick Down Two, Up Two
Stephen Chidwick dropped a few chips in the middle secton of Level 11, then picked them right back up again. The first lost few went to Adrian Mateos, after he led for 30,000 on a flop of [9dKcTs] with [ThQc], having defended from the small blind preflop. Mateos, with [Js8h]
One-Way Traffic Toward Mateos
Three pots in a row for Adrian Mateos: one chunky one of half a million started with a Christoph Vogelsang raise to 26,000 with [5h5d]. Ivan Leow raised to 93,000 with [AsQh] and Mateos called the three-bet with [JdJh]. Vogelsang called too, but dropped out when facing a bet of
Tens Conclusion to Wai Leong Chan’s SHRB: Out in 9th
Adrian Mateos, defending, his big blind with [Kh4c] from an open from Wai Leong Chan who held [TcTs], hit three of a kind on a board to which his opponent flopped an overpair: [8s4s4d]. Mateos check-raised Chan's 25,000 bet to 70,000 and Chan made the call. Mateos led out for
Chip Counts, Still Nine Handed and a Long Way from Shallow
Adams Continues Ascent
Vying for the chip lead, Timothy Adams just made a big preflop shove against Adrian Mateos. Having opened to 20,000, Adams saw button Mateos three-bet to 60,000 (from a stack of around 800,000). Action returning to him, he simply set his (in no way short stacked) opponent all in and